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BaggedLancer
03-21-2007, 10:49 PM
Ok, so someone wants me to get a webcam so we can chat online. I have been looking at various ones tonight and I guess I don't really understand what makes one better than the other. It seems that the majority of them are 1.3 megapixel and USB.

I have narrowed it down between:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EVM5DK

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EVM5DK.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

and


http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-Live-Ultra-Webcam/dp/B00070FRJW/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b/002-8119987-2772004

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00070FRJW.01._AA241_SCLZZZZZZZ_V42623650_.jpg

Which do you guys think is the better of the two? Anyone use a web cam? Any thoughts about them?
ben62670
03-21-2007, 10:55 PM
I use my Sony digital camcorder as a web cam. You can hook them up via usb, and have way better picture quality than any web cam out there.;)
BaggedLancer
03-21-2007, 10:56 PM
I use my Sony digital camcorder as a web cam. You can hook them up via usb, and have way better picture quality than any web cam out there.;)


Bleh! too much money for me to buy a digital camcorder....I just want something basic that gives a half decent pic......that being said I hope she uses a digital camcorder....;)
ben62670
03-21-2007, 11:07 PM
Bleh! too much money for me to buy a digital camcorder....I just want something basic that gives a half decent pic......that being said I hope she uses a digital camcorder....;)
Just figured I'd mention it in case you had one.:)
ledhed
03-21-2007, 11:28 PM
most digicams can be used as a webcam if you have one.
izafar
03-21-2007, 11:34 PM
check this article out for a comparison of some popular webcams:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/14/webcam_roundup/
BaggedLancer
03-21-2007, 11:43 PM
Thanks, I'll read it tonight. The microsoft one is looking like a winner to me. Very basic and cheap, I like it.
Polkersince85
03-22-2007, 12:23 AM
I use a Canon L1 camcorder hooked to the video card. The lens is the trick.
jflail2
03-22-2007, 01:28 AM
If you have a 360, the addon webcam works well enough (my parents have never complained anyway), and its relatively cheap and obviously compatible with the 360 as well.